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created by Dianne Ruffles with Josie Belvedere
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Resources
General
resources
1.
Babylonian and Egyptian times
2. Ancient Greek and Roman times
3. Early Middle Ages - 1200-1450
4. Elizabethan Era - 1450-1750
5. Industrial times – 1750-1900
6. Ancient India and China
7. Aboriginal Tribal Law
General
Print resources
Braithwaite,
John. Crime, shame and reintegration. 364.601 BRA
Culpin, Christopher.
Crime and punishment through time. 364.9 CUL
Healey, Kaye.
Crime & punishment. 364.994 CRI
Lyons, Lewis.
The history of punishment. 364.67 LYO
Rothman, David
J. The Oxford history of the prison : the practice of punishment in
Western society. 365.9 OXF
Scott, George
Riley. A history of torture. 364.67 SCO
Wilson, Paul
R. Issues in crime, morality and justice. 364.994 ISS
Websites
Learn
History: Crime punishment and protest thorough time c1450-2004
Ideas about crime, and approaches to law enforcement and punishment in:
Ancient Rome; Anglo-Saxon England; Medieval England to c1450. Good visual
page. Includes timelines, plenty of pictures. Related to GCSE history
Crime
and punishment
Teaching resources from the UK's National Archives Learning Curve. Covers
crime, prevention, and punishment in four eras: before 1450, 1450-1750,
20th Century. Based on real documents. Good teaching notes
Crimes
and criminals of the past
Links to short encyclopaedic articles, e.g. instruments of torture, invention
of the guillotine, etc.
Law
Buzz.com
Stories of the law, famous trials, trials without justice, etc.
Justice
and law
Very brief introduction to early forms & classical civilisations –
good for illustrating key terms
Eyewitness
to history; history through the eyes of those who lived it
Searchable data base of British history, well presented encyclopaedic-style
articles.
Criminal
justice history resources
Extensive collection of links
History
of Punishment
History
of punishment
1.
Babylonian and Egyptian times
Print
Resources
Dunan,
Marcel (ed.) Larousse encyclopedia of ancient and medieval history.
930 LAR
Hawkes, Jacquetta. Prehistory and the beginnings of civilization.
930.1 HAW
Websites
You
be the judge on Hammurabi’s code
Designed for grades 4-8 – some interesting ideas
Code
of Hammurabi [portions only]
The
Avalon Project : Babylonian Law--The Code of Hammurabi
Hammurabi
The
Code of Hammurabi
Ancient
Law
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
Internet
Ancient History Sourcebook: Ancient Legal Texts
Web
links for Western Legal Tradition
2.
Ancient Greek and Roman times
Print Resources
Andrewes, Antony. Greek society. 938 AND
Boardman, John. Greece and the hellenistic world. 938 GRE
Boardman, John. The Roman world. 938 ROM
Green, Peter. A
concise history of Ancient Greece to the close of the Classical era.
938 GRE
Hennessy, Dianne. Studies in ancient Greece. 938.02 STU
Markel, Rita J. Your travel guide to ancient Rome. 937.02MAR
Rodgers, Nigel. The rise and fall of ancient Rome. 937.02 ROD
Websites
The ascent of Rome
Visually uninteresting, but good information
Living
in the city of Rome
Some interesting cases
revealed in ancient writings & artefacts
Origin
of Lady of Justice
Possible explanation of the justice “logo”
The
suicide of Socrates
Internet
Ancient History Sourcebook: Rome
Internet
Ancient History Sourcebook
The
Ancient World
3.
Middle Ages - 1200-1450
Print
resources
Comte,
Suzanne. Everyday life in the Middle Ages. 940.1 COM
Dunan, Marcel (ed.) Larousse encyclopedia of ancient and medieval
history. 930 LAR
McKitterick, Rosamond (ed.). The Times medieval world. 909.07
TIM
Mundy, John H. & Peter Riesenberg. The medieval town. 940.1
MUN
Southern, R.W. The making of the middle ages. 940.1 SOU
Thorndike, Lynn. The History of Medieval Europe. 940.1 THO
Websites
Medieval
history – Barbarian codes
Includes links to Anglo-Saxon Law, Capitulary of Charlemagne, Lex Frisionum,
Germanic law, and Salic law
Crimeculture
Rogue's gallery - The early literature of crime online
The Brehon Laws
Early
British law
Rosemary Horton links page
Medieval legal history
Site contains information on Ancient Legal Sources, General Legal History, Roman Law
Medieval
law
Law : English common law - Links to resources
Legal History Research Links
Medieval Sourcebook: Medieval Legal History
4.
Elizabethan 1450-1750
Print Resources
Day, Nancy. Your travel guide to renaissance Europe. 940.21 DAY
Emerson, Kathy Lynn. The writer's guide to everyday life in Renaissance
England from 1485-1649. 942.05 EME
Salgado, Gamini. The Elizabethan underworld. 364.9421 SAL
Websites
Life
in London
General overview of life in Victorian times – not specifically from
point of view of crime & punishment.
The poor in Elizabethan England
The poor in Elizabethan England. Those who had fallen on hard times saw
a great increase in crime. Punishment was very severe
Crime
and punishment in Elizabethan England
Good encyclopaedic style article
Recent
Elizabethan laws
Everyday life in Elizabethan England
Includes links to Bloody painful; crime and punishment in Elizabethan
England; Crime and punishment; Torture and punishment
Origins and growth of parliament
Elizabethan crime and punishment
Student site with some interesting links
5.
Industrial revolution
- 1750-1900
Print
Resources
Tobias, J.J. Crime and industrial society in the 19th century.
364.942 TOB
Websites
Quotations
from the first part of The Insitutes of The Laws of England, by Sir
Edward Cloke
England: a narrative history
The Age of Empire, the growth of the Commons
Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674-1834
Searchable database **great
Modern
History Sourcebook: Beccaria: Crimes and Punishments
Crime and punishment
Includes images and extracts from documents
Elizabeth Fry
Includes images
Origins and growth of parliament
Making
sense of English law enforcement in the 18th century
Very dry essay for students
6.
Ancient India and China
Print resources
Fitzgerald, C.P. China: a short cultural history. 951 FIT
Gernet, Jacques. Daily life in China on the eve of the Mongol invasion.
951.02 GER
Hook, Brian (ed.). The Cambridge encyclopedia of China. 951.003
CAM
"Law",
in Encyclopedia of Asian history. v.2. REF 950.03 ENC
Murowchick, Robert E. China: ancient culture, modern land. 951
CHI Reischauer, Edwin O. & John K. Fairbank. East Asia: the great
tradition. 950 REI
Robinson, Francis. The Cambridge encyclopedia of India. 954.052
CAM
Websites
The Ancient World
India, Hinduism and religious rebellion to 480BCE
The rise of Ancient China
7.
Aboriginal Tribal Law
Print
resources
Hazlehurst,
Kayleen M. Crime and justice : an Australian textbook in criminology.
364.994 CRI
Horton, David.
The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia : Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander history, society and culture. REF 994 ENC Vol.1 A-L
Lynn, Peter.
From Pentonville to Pentridge : a history of prisons in Victoria.
365.9945 LYN
Mukherjee, Satyanshu
K. Crime and justice in Australia. 364.994 MUK
O'Toole, Sean, Australian corrections. 364.60994 OTO
Philips, David. A Nation of rogues? : crime, law and punishment in
colonial Australia. 364.994 NAT
Smith, William
Ramsay. Aborigine : myths and legends. 298 SMI
Tucker, Alan.
Iron in the blood : convicts and commandants in colonial Australia.
365.92 TUC
Victory,
Michael. End of the line : capital punishment in Australia. 364.66 VIC
Websites
The recognition of Aboriginal Customary Laws Summary Report
Extensive legal document
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Electoral Timeline
Pre-contact Aboriginal Society
Short overview
The Madayin
Traditional law of the Yolngu (Aboriginal people of North East Arnhem
Land).
Aborignal Resource and Development Services Inc. Information Paper No.
7.
Koorie Studies
Catholic Education Office
The Mardudjara Aborigines: Living the dream in Australia’s desert,
by Robert Tokinson
Search
AustLII
Search term “aboriginal customary law”
Indigenous law resources
Indigenous.gov.au
The Indigenous Portal provides online access to Indigenous services and
information located on government Internet sites.
The recognition of Aboriginal customary laws - Summary report
Full report http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/special/rsjproject/rsjlibrary/alrc/custlaw2/
indigenous.gov.au
The Indigenous Portal provides online access to Indigenous services and information located on government Internet sites
Law and justice fact sheet
Indigenous law and justice
Records of the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia
Reconciliation and social justice library
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